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governor

noun

Definition of governor

as in administrator

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Recent Examples of governor He was arrested later that month, in Texas, but was released from jail on August 27th, after Greg Abbott, the governor of Texas, refused to extradite him back to Minnesota, a decision upheld by a federal judge. — Emily Witt, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026 The Fall Frolic included a carnival, a vaudeville show, fireworks, an eight-mile rolling chair parade, a costume competition, a governor’s ball, and the two-day Inter-City Beauty pageant, which began on this day in 1921. — Britannica Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica, 31 Aug. 2026 Andrew Bailey, governor of the Bank of England (BOE), during a Bloomberg Television interview at the Reykjavik Economic Conference in Reykjavik, Iceland, on Friday, May 29, 2026. — Sam Meredith, CNBC, 31 Aug. 2026 The money went to Hope Florida, a charity championed by the governor’s wife, and ended up in political committees that opposed the 2024 referendum that would have legalized adult use of marijuana in Florida. — Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 30 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for governor

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Worse, the su binary—the code that provides the command-line interface allowing users with low-level system rights to temporarily gain administrator-level access—is set to grant root without any authentication.

— Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 31 Aug. 2026
Three months ago, Jimmy Morales was one of the most powerful administrators in local government, serving as a top deputy to Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava.

— Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of administrator

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The states presented evidence that senior executives at Meta, intent on maximizing their company’s growth, had repeatedly set aside concerns about what its products were doing to its youngest users.

— Benjamin Wallace-Wells, New Yorker, 30 Aug. 2026
Senior executives at Nordstrom have made their human customer interactions part of their brand identity as well.

— John Hall, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of executive

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His name is Ernst Kaltenbrunner, an SS general who two weeks earlier was named commander-in-chief of all German forces in southern Europe.

— Danielle Parker, CBS News, 28 Aug. 2026
When the ethnic war in Bosnia started in 1992, Mladic became the commander of the Bosnian Serb troops and took control of large swaths of the country to form a Serb mini-state.

— Jovana Gec, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of commander

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Frank Lenk, director of economic research at the Mid-America Regional Council, said automotive goods are one of Kansas City’s largest exports, and many of those products go back and forth across the border with Canada.

— Cuyler Dunn, Kansas City Star, 29 Aug. 2026
Tonette Mendoza, a former college player who is now the executive director of the Philippine Tennis Association, first saw a six-or-seven-year-old Eala play at a local tournament.

— Albert Samaha, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of director

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On Sunday, Roman Goffman, the chief of Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency, met again with Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani in Jordan to ease the latest tensions, according to the Syrian state news agency.

— Tal Shalev, CNN Money, 25 Aug. 2026
The pilots could not see the runway and were flying by instruments, Clint Johnson, the National Transportation Safety Board’s Alaska region chief, said Friday.

— Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of chief

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The state superintendent would need approval from the president of the State Board of Education, or the president's designee, before taking that step.

— Madisen Keavy, CBS News, 28 Aug. 2026
For 10 years prior to that, Villont’s jobs included director of educational technology, assistant principal, principal and regional superintendent for the Diocese of Rockford.

— Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2026

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